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 The Second Opinion
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"Question Everything."
Dr. Thea Sperelakis, diagnosed as a teen with Asperger’s syndrome, has always been an outsider. She has a brilliant medical mind, and a remarkable recall of details, but her difficulty in dealing with hidden agendas and interpersonal conflicts have led her to leave the complex, money-driven dynamics of the hospital, and to embrace working with the poor, embattled patients of Doctors Without Borders. Her father, Petros, is one of the most celebrated internal medicine specialists in the world, and the founder of the cutting-edge Sperelakis Center for Diagnostic Medicine at Boston’s sprawling, powerful Beaumont Clinic.
Thea’s rewarding life in Africa is turned upside-down when Petros is severely injured by a hit-and-run driver. He is in the Beaumont ICU, in a deep coma. No one thinks he will survive. Thea must return home. Two of Petros’ other children, both physicians, battle Thea and her eccentric brother, Dimitri, by demanding that treatment for their father be withheld.
As Thea uncovers the facts surrounding the disaster, it seems more and more to be no accident. Petros, himself, is the only witness. Who would want him dead? The answers are trapped in his brain . . . until he looks at Thea and begins slowly to blink a terrifying message.
In The Second Opinion, Michael Palmer has created a cat-and-mouse game where one woman must confront a conspiracy of doctors to uncover an evil practice that touches every single person who ever has a medical test. With sympathetic characters and twists and betrayals that come from the most unlikely places, The Second Opinion will make you question…everything.
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ANNOUNCING the WINNERS of Michael Palmer's THE FIRST PATIENT Contest!
We received almost a 1,000 entries in the contest, which included nearly 300 members of book clubs hoping for an in-person visit from Michael! From those contest submissions, we randomly chose one Michael Palmer Book Club Appearance winner and one autographed Michael Palmer Library winner. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. And congratulations to the winners!
Michael Palmer Book Club Appearance Winner: LESLIE, Gilbert, AZ
Autographed Michael Palmer Library Winner: BARBARA, Laurel Springs, NJ
"The First Patient is an exciting thriller that is full of surprises and captures the intense atmosphere of the White House, how the medical system works, and how the 25th Amendment could be brought into play. I thoroughly enjoyed it."
—President Bill Clinton
"Dr. Palmer has written an incredibly realistic, frightening thriller that is every White House doctor's nightmare. "
—Dr. E. Connie Mariano
White House Physician 1992 - 2001
Here's what these New York Times best selling authors have to say about Michael's prvious novel, THE FIFTH VIAL
"An ingenious medical thriller, suspenseful and cleverly plotted."--Kathy Reichs, author of Cross Bones
"A nail-biting thriller you don't want to miss."
--Catherine Coulter, author of Point Blank
"A complex plot, fascinating characters, and plenty of action. The Fifth Vial is a roller coaster ride that winds its way through Boston, Africa, India, and Brazil on its way to a terrific surprise ending."
--Phillip Margolin, author of Proof Positive
"From knowledge comes power, and from power, temptation. Michael Palmer's The Fifth Vial is a tale set at the very edge of our medical knowledge, and of a thrilling heroine who confronts a theft that haunts me still."
--Tess Gerritsen, author of Vanish
"A compelling and thought-provoking tale that will have you looking over your shoulder. It's both realistic and terrifying and it will keep you up all night!"
--Iris Johansen, author of On the Run
"There's a compelling truth at the center of this high-octane thriller. The twists keep you reading and the questions Palmer poses keep you thinking all night long."
--Tami Hoag, author of Prior Bad Acts
"Not only is this one heck of a medical thriller, it's...a premise that scared the daylights out of me. Could this happen? Palmer makes you think so."
--Sandra Brown, author of Ricochet
"Michael Palmer, perhaps the best of our medical thriller writers, has
penned an action-packed tale that will have you checking all your body
parts for days afterwards."
--Terry Brooks, author of Armageddon's Children
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